Myth: Only large publishers can realistically hope to fund critical local journalism through philanthropy.
The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Miss., proved what’s possible by successfully funding a dedicated reporter to cover the pandemic vaccination story in the Gulf Coast region.
To be fair, Sun Herald editor and publisher Blake Kaplan was not alone in thinking ‘I’m an editor, not a fundraiser’ as he began the six-month journey with 15 other publishers in LMA’s Lab for Journalism Funding, made possible with support from Google.
What the small publishers in the funding lab have learned is that size does not matter when it comes to journalism funded via philanthropy. In fact, small publishers have three specific strengths that make them uniquely well-positioned to seek this kind of support, all built around community: Community trust, relationships in the community, and commitment to the community. How Blake leveraged those strengths to fund a vaccine reporter is a blueprin
Barron’s Marks Centennial with Launch of ‘Future Focus Stock Index’
Premier investing brand hits 100 year anniversary as digital subscriptions quadruple and digital readership grows 153% in five years, hitting all-time highs.
NEW YORK, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) May 9th, 2021 marks the
centennial anniversary of Barron’s, the world’s premier investing brand. Founded by Clarence W. Barron in 1921, Barron’s is the essential financial tool for readers of every age to confidently navigate their professional and personal wealth.
Barron’s launches ‘Future Focus Stock Index’
As part of the celebration, Barron’s launched the ‘
Barron’s Future Focus Stock Index’ which tracks companies positioned for leadership, growth and innovation into the future. Based in part on an analysis of management effectiveness by the Drucker Institute, the index will include companies that have adopted technology and strategies to future-proof their businesses companies that
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In recent months, the city and state of New York have moved to decriminalize prostitution. State lawmakers repealed a law that made “loitering” to sell sex a crime. District attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens announced that while they would continue to prosecute pimps, sex traffickers and “johns” who pay for sex, they would be referring men and women involved in prostitution to social service agencies. The DAs dropped thousands of cases of unlicensed massage, prostitution and loitering dating back to the 1980s.
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Robert “Bob” Browning, a longtime Los Angeles Times copy editor who worked on The Times’ investigative series on the King/Drew hospital that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2005, died Saturday. He was 69.
The cause was complications from a long-standing lung disease, said Judy Browning, his wife of 31 years.
Browning was born in Pasadena on Oct. 22, 1951, and graduated with a degree in history from Carleton College in Minnesota. He began his career in newspapers in the mid-1970s as an unpaid concert critic for the Whittier Daily News.
He was soon hired as a reporter, then quickly promoted to editor of the society page. He later worked as a copy editor at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Orange County Register.
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